About the course

Welcome to the Creative Work with Information course of the Department of Information Studies and Librarianship at Masaryk University.

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Working creatively with information is a skill you can use in different areas of your working and study life. The course is designed to be hands-on, so the focus is on assignments that you submit and assess to other students throughout the semester. This doesn't mean that I've resigned myself to the theoretical part where you learn about creativity, learning or critical thinking. Even theoretical knowledge is important to a person.

In the practical part of the course, you try and practise the assignments. You submit the assignments to the IS submission room that belongs to the module. In addition, you have to evaluate the assignments of your classmates. We will use the new application in IS for this. All assignments are mandatory and due to peer assessment, no exceptions (other than serious illness or other emergencies) can be made to the submission deadlines. This part of the study is also reinforced by a final assignment in the form of a creative journal.

You can test the theoretical part of your studies in continuous quizzes. They are compulsory, but there is no minimum score. They are for you. Some of the questions may also appear in the final exam.

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What to expect in the tests? We will ask for basic information from the study materials. Where external sources are in bold, it is the student's responsibility to review them as well. Please also watch all the embedded videos. Questions will also be constructed from these texts and videos.

Individual texts are constructed to show the whole topic, but also to refer to different approaches, articles and resources that relate to the topic of creativity. In the course we do not want to rewrite textbooks or books on creativity, but to give signposts to different approaches and resources that you can use. A video or an external article has the same commitment to the paper as a direct text from the web. If you find any errors or shortcomings in the course, we would be happy to hear about them.

The website will be available to you after the course so that you can refer back to it (and the materials from it) during or after the course. Data analysis tools are used in the course.

Course guidance

At the beginning of the course

1. Master the web.

Check the information on the website and look at the dates. See if you understand what your responsibilities, joys and where the deadlines are.

The course consists of 5 thematic blocks, which have 8 modules. These can already be viewed on this website.

At the end of each module there is a page with the task to be performed. There are also links to the submission room and the midterm quiz.

2. Handle IS.

We use IS to perform all duties. This means that you will be taking ongoing quizzes in it, submitting assignments to the submission rooms, and giving each other feedback on assignments through the new app.

During the course

Tasks

The assignment can always be found on the website at the end of the module. It must be handed in no later than the Wednesday after it is announced (see timetable below). By correcting each other's assignments, there is not much room for excuses.
Please submit the completed assignment to the submission room in IS.
You will submit the assignment in pdf or docx format. Please do not write your name or UČO in the assignment. As your data may already contain the metadata description of the file itself, please edit it before submitting.
If a link is part of the task, make sure it is functional.

Peer review

At the beginning of the week in which the peer assessment takes place, you will receive an email from IS with the assigned assessment tasks and the form.
The selection of students and the number of feedbacks is in the IS. Count on two or three responses per assignment.
The identity of those being evaluated and those doing the evaluation is known only to the instructor and the course instructor.

Quizzes

Continuous quizzes give you feedback on whether you have read and studied carefully and show you what to expect in the final exam.
They are compulsory but do not have a set minimum score threshold.
For each quiz completed, a "completed *1" will appear in your notepad.

Every other Wednesday, we will remind you of the course and keep you up to date with your current responsibilities.

At the end of the course

For successful completion of the course you must:

to have handed in all assignments (7 times);
provide feedback on the assignments given by classmates (about 7 times 3);
have completed the midterm quizzes (8 times);
pass the final online test in IS (at 70% with the possibility of 2 corrections);
submit and have positive feedback on the creative diary

Regular deadlines for submitting the creative diary and completing the final quiz will be specified at the beginning of the semester. If you are taking the final exam this semester and need to have your grade recorded early, you must complete everything and notify us well in advance.

Course schedule

Creativity and learning

Finding your educational path

Task completion:
26th Feb
Feedback and continuous quiz:
1st Mar

Learning methods and creativity

Task completion:
8th Mar
Feedback and continuous quiz:
15th Mar

Reading and writing

Creative writing

Task completion:
22nd Mar
Feedback and continuous quiz:
29th Mar

Effective and critical reading

Task completion:
5th Apr
Feedback and continuous quiz:
12nd Apr

Creativity

Mind maps

Task completion:
19th Apr
Feedback and continuous quiz:
26th Apr

Creative techniques

Task completion:
3rd May
Feedback and continuous quiz:
10th May

Revealing

Visualisation and presentation of information

Task completion:
17th May
Feedback and continuous quiz:
24th May

Creativity and artificial intelligence

Introduction

Task completion:
Not
Feedback and continuous quiz:
24th May

Course completion

The dates of the exit test will be specified during the semester. The test will be available on several dates during the exam period.